OKAY. We know. We have been totally MIA this year. In fairness, Ilaria gave a brief recap as to what she has been up to with her big move to the Cape; but she didn’t exactly share what has been going down behind the scenes. In short and brief – it involves RUNNING a barber […] Read more…

We are already halfway through the 7th month of 2017, and unfortunately this is only about the 3rd blog post this year! I am however writing it from an entirely new city; the intimidatingly cool city of Cape Town and the city which I refer to as my now-home. (Home for how long? I don’t […] Read more…

As I’m writing this, I am gasping at the fact that we are in the first week of February. I know time seems to go faster as you get older but the start of this year has officially sped past. I wish I could just ‘freeze-frame’ us for a while, get my work/admin/life sorted and […] Read more…

Wow! It’s been a whirlwind start to the year of NOTE! In a good way – but it still ultimately affects the time and energy we put towards Spruce – so apologies for being a bit quiet ;( Much like we spoke about the PANTONE® colour choices for 2015 (deep marsala) and 2016 (calming rose quartz […] Read more…

HAPPY 2017 dear Spruce readers – we hope you are as re-charged, refreshed and rearing to go as we are for the year ahead! It seems EVERYBODY has returned to work this week and what better way to soothe the Monday (and post-holiday) blues than a bit of fashion fun from the red carpet of […] Read more…

We have been planning this post for the last couple of months – an adieu to the year that has passed, with a few witty observations and quips about what each of us has learnt this past year. But let’s be honest: 2016 didn’t quite turn into the year everybody was expecting it to be! […] Read more…

December usually means family time, and family time means bringing me back to my Italian roots; pasta, wine, panetonne, parmigiano….the list goes on! Until recently, there were very few places that captured the true essence of what always reminds me of being an Italian. While my verbal skills in the language leave something to be […] Read more…